Category: Women Doing Amazing Things
Shining a light on disasters
The Luminaid is waterproof and can float when inflated (Copyright: Luminaid) Haiti’s devastating earthquake in 2010 shattered the country’s infrastructure, but for one designer it…
Rio Olympics 2016: Maddie Hinch on why GB women can win hockey gold
Crista Cullen and Georgie Twigg took knocks in the semi-final, putting their bodies on the line for the team. I’m sure it showed the public…
Charlie Brooker’s series is ‘a show that revels in its twists’
Netflix (Credit: Netflix) With high-tech dystopias and pointed satire, and a cast including Aaron Paul, Josh Hartnett, Salma Hayek Pinault and Kate Mara, Black Mirror…
Leading Mexican PAN politician replaced after scandal
Mexico’s conservative National Action Party (PAN) party has replaced Luis Alberto Villareal as its congressional leader after a video emerged showing him allegedly dancing with…
European Championships: British stars to follow for Tokyo 2020
She may be just 17, but with a towering frame of over 6ft 3in and four European relay medals in her possession, Anderson is no…
Cheshire police and crime commissioner role ‘a Tory retirement home’
BBC Pictured left to right: Liberal Democrat Paul Duffy, Labour’s Dan Price and John Dywer of the Conservatives The office of Police and Crime Commissioner…
Quiz: Can you name every female British Olympic champion since 2000?
Seeing as it’s International Women’s Day, we thought we would REALLY test your knowledge of British women in sport. Go and grab yourself a cuppa…
Tokyo Olympics: Who is EOR refugee athlete Kimia Alizadeh?
In January 2020, Kimia Alizadeh fled her home country, saying she felt she was just one of the “millions of oppressed women in Iran”. Eighteen…
Tokyo Olympics: WHO chief Dr Tedros backs Games as Chilean taekwondo athlete tests positive
Head of the World Health Organization (WHO) Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has backed the staging of the Tokyo Olympics. It comes as Chilean taekwondo athlete…
Mo Farah to defend European 5,000m title in Helsinki
Mo Farah will defend his European 5,000m title after being given special dispensation to compete in Helsinki as well as at the GB Olympic trials.…